I feel sort of dumb asking this, bc I'm not even doing NoS (though I've been considering it for some time... sigh). On most fat-loss eating plans, the regimen changes once the desired amount of fat has been lost and equilibrium (maintenance) becomes the new goal. I was just wondering how NoS deals with this. Reinhard, since you are not currently trying to lose (right?), have you had to adapt NoS at all? If so, how? Do you just eat slightly larger meals than you did while losing?
My main reason for asking this is that I can't figure out if I really need to lose fat or not. I'm 5'7" and usually weigh around 143, but most of the weight sits on my hips and thighs, and it really bothers me sometimes. Of course I've never had a body fat percentage test, so I can only guess that it's probably in the high 20s or so. In some ways I'm in a worse position than really overweight people because it's not entirely obvious how much fat I need to lose or how much danger I'll be in by not losing it. It doesn't help that my husband insists I don't need to lose weight -- he isn't against the NoSdiet or me doing it, but he is unsympathetic (at best) when I complain about my thunder thighs.
Anyway, this post is long enough, but the upshot is that I'm on the fence about NoS for myself. I'd like to do it, but haven't yet because (a) I don't have a huge reason to do it (literally) and (b) I have a severe weakness for sweet things, particularly ice cream. The cravings for these things hit when I'm bored and/or frustrated, which I apparently am often. I suppose those are the real problems that need to be addressed.
How does this relate to the ongoing maintenance question? I guess my question boils down to, what if someone does NoS when they don't really need to lose weight? Probably such a person would just lose less fat, if any, because it would be less of a significant caloric reduction than it would be for a really overweight person. STOP RAMBLING!!!
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Any thoughts appreciated.